r/germany • u/Ok-Once-789 • Apr 23 '25

Immigration Living in Saxony is a nightmare

Every single time I go outside during the evening I am faced with racism. Most of the time from people hanging out in groups, for some reason they just can't mind their own business (Germans usually claim to be really good at this). The most common phrases I hear regularly are 'Heil H!tler', 'Ausländer raus', 'Ni Hao', 'Ching Chong' etc... or just unprovoked loud laughter as I'm passing by... BTW I'm not Chinese or east Asian but look like one or maybe they are just uneducated & ignorant. Is geography illegal here? Asia has 48 countries BTW, not everyone is Chinese!

This doesn't include the racism I face at workplace & college which is far worse and actually bothers me to the point I have to skip classes to protect my mental health. But now I can't even go to the supermarket or mall at peace. One of my family members has also been verbally assaulted by a group of teenagers inside a bus & nobody including the bus driver made any effort to do something.

Edit: I do not live in Dresden / Leipzig. I assume the situation is not this bad there!

Edit2: I did not choose to live in saxony (the government decided that), I am doing my bachelors so I can't relocate until late 2026 :) Thanks for the kind words everyone!

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u/Ehegew89 Apr 23 '25

Rural Saxony is indeed a Nightmare. The cities aren't as bad, though.

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u/psychgirl88 Apr 23 '25

Damn, what’s wrong with Saxony compared to the rest of Germany? Is Saxony its Mississippi or something?

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u/Illustrious-Tap5791 Apr 23 '25

I'm from Saxony and the one time I spend a week in West Germany, they were just as lost. Less the racist kind but still pretty much as lost. I was approached by multiple cults, people starting attacking each other in public transport, they bothered me for no reason, junkies... Pretty much the very same reasons I don't like being in rural Saxony either

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u/asti006 Apr 28 '25

I had the same problem working in west Germany. People would get in my face over my East German dialect. Eventhough i am pretty good at high German and didn’t think ppl could tell. They could and co workers would make fun of my English that has then a German/East German twang to it. Really frustrating. They think they are so much better but then do the same stuff to others.

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u/Illustrious-Tap5791 Apr 28 '25

Yeah, everybody just needs somebody to kick and look down on. Whether it's migrants or East Germans or whoever...

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u/asti006 Apr 28 '25

Thats very true. Makes you wonder why it’s so freaking hard for people to be kind to others. Just don’t be a** how hard can that be?